Chasing a Rainbow – The Life of Josephine Baker

(90 min; 1986; English)
Director: Christopher Ralling

Narrated by Olivier Todd

Recipient of the International Emmy for Best Documentary Film 1986.This documentary profiles the life and career of legendary entertainer Josephine Baker who migrated to France where she was a major artist from 1927 until her death in 1974. With rare archival footage, photographs, and interviews the film follows Baker from her time in St. Louis to her life in France. Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker is also a commentary on race relations across the world in the 1920s.